(1) Until January 1, 2025, existing law authorizes a school district, with the approval of the governing board of the school district, to procure design-build contracts for public works projects in excess of $1,000,000, awarding the contract to either the low bid or the best value, as provided. For those projects using best value as a selection method, existing law requires competitive proposals to be evaluated by using only the criteria and selection procedures specifically identified in the request for proposals, and requires the school district, as it deems appropriate, to weigh certain minimum factors, including price of the project. This bill would authorize a school district, as an alternative to price of the project, to instead weigh as a factor the proposing design-build entity's design cost, general conditions, overhead, and profit as a component of the project price. The bill would require a contract that is awarded based on the proposing design-build entity's design cost, general conditions, overhead, and profit as a component of the project price, to be subject to further negotiation and amendment up to the sum of the costs of construction subcontracts awarded, and would require construction subcontracts for the design-build contract to be subject to an open book evaluation by the school district. If the school district determines the sum of the costs of the construction subcontracts exceeds the anticipated value of the project to the school district, or if any individual subcontract is unreasonable, the bill would authorize the school district to require the design-build entity to repeat a certain process in the awarding of construction subcontracts or to cancel the design-build contract with the school district. (2) Existing law authorizes a governing board of a school district to alter certain existing public project contracts without the formality of securing bids, as provided, if the change does not exceed a specified statutory amount or 10% of the original contract price, whichever is greater. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to determine the method of payment for construction contracts, including progress payments for completed portions of the work or for materials delivered on the ground or stored subject to the control of the board and unused. This bill would explicitly apply those provisions to contracts awarded for design-build contracts for public works projects in excess of $1,000,000, as described in (1) above.
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Existing law, the Pet Store Animal Care Act, requires pet store operators, as defined, to comply with laws governing, among other things, the care of animals in pet stores. Existing law makes a pet store operator who violates these provisions guilty of a misdemeanor, except as otherwise provided. Existing law prohibits a pet store operator from selling a live dog, cat, or rabbit in a pet store unless the animal was obtained from a public animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group, as specified. Existing law also requires each pet store to comply with specified documentation, recordkeeping, and other requirements with respect to these animals. Existing law exempts a pet store operator who violates those provisions from criminal prosecution, but imposes a specified civil penalty upon that pet store operator, and provides that each animal that is offered for sale in violation of these provisions constitutes a separate violation. This bill would revise that prohibition by excluding a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter, humane society shelter, or rescue group from the list of organizations from which a pet store operator may obtain a live dog, cat, or rabbit for purposes of selling that animal. The bill would remove the exemption from criminal prosecution for a pet store operator who violates that prohibition or the other requirements, thereby creating new crimes. The bill would also provide that each animal that is offered for sale per day, rather than each animal that is offered for sale, in violation of those provisions constitutes a separate violation. By creating new crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
This measure would proclaim January 23, 2020, as Maternal Health Awareness Day, to draw attention to the efforts that have improved maternal health in California and to highlight the need for continued improvement of maternal health for all women.
This measure would designate the month of January 2020 as Positive Parenting Awareness Month in California.
This measure, among other things, would declare that California is a Reproductive Freedom State for All and provide that the Legislature is committed to guaranteeing the constitutionally protected right to an abortion and supporting efforts to increase access to the best available reproductive and pregnancy-related care for women and pregnant individuals.
This measure would proclaim January 13, 2020, as Korean American Day.
This measure would honor the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Existing Law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a general plan for its jurisdiction that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. That law requires that the housing element include, among other things, an inventory of land suitable for residential development, to be used to identify sites that can be developed for housing within the planning period and that are sufficient to provide for the jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need determined pursuant to specified law. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, among other duties, to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to appoint a Committee of Credentials and requires each allegation of an act or omission by an applicant for, or holder of, a credential for which the applicant or holder may be subject to an adverse action to be presented to the committee. Existing law requires the committee to investigate the allegation and report its actions and recommendations to the commission, including its findings as to probable cause, and if probable cause exists, its recommendations as to the appropriate adverse action. This bill would require the highest priorities of the commission in exercising its authority to impose adverse action to be the protection of children, the education profession, and the public, and would require the commission, wherever possible and if consistent with these priorities, to impose adverse action that is intended to aid in the rehabilitation of the credential applicant or credentialholder.